beverly brett

“When I got to the point where I had to give up some of my pleasures,
that’s when I knew it was time to do something about my hip,” recalls
66 year-old Beverly Brett whose arthritis had caused severe
deterioration in her hip joint.

An active woman all her life, Brett could be seen out on the tennis
court two to three times a week. Her other love was going for morning
walks with her husband around the three-mile lake near their home in
Lawrenceville. Until one day, Brett says, “I just couldn’t do it
anymore.”

Intermittent pain in her groin and a “grinding” sound in her hip
began to limit her mobility and often caused excruciating pain. After
riding in the car, “I had trouble getting up and had to wait a minute
once I stood before I could get going,” she remembers. The pain forced
Brett to take a break from the tennis court and the gym. She even gave
up her walks by the water. “I was afraid I was going to become coach
potato,” confesses Brett. So, she sought medical advice and decided to
have a hip replacement at DeKalb Medical’s Joint Solutions Center.

Three months post-op, Brett says it’s remarkable how “normal” she
feels. “Seventy-five percent of the time, I forget I have even had the
surgery done. My hip feels so natural, and I am virtually pain free.”
Brett, who was walking freely without a cane or any assistance just four
weeks after her surgery, is grateful for how easy it was to get back on
her feet. “I thought I was going to feel a whole lot worse than I did.
But the treatment and the staff at the JSC were just phenomenal. There
wasn’t one person who didn’t treat me like I was special. The whole
experience was wonderful.” Even better, Brett is enjoying walks
alongside her husband at her beloved lake and should be back in her
tennis game in no time.